LETTER: Food Shelf Annual Turkey Drive is Saturday, Nov. 13
For over a decade the Waterbury Area Food Shelf has provided Thanksgiving turkeys and a bag with traditional meal fixings to those in our community in need of assistance. The Waterbury Rotary Club has kindly helped us hold our annual Turkey Drive for the past two years in order to ensure that we can continue supporting our friends and neighbors who need some help.
LETTER: Ben & Jerry’s staff swap pumpkins, pints for record food shelf donations
Spooky Season is much less scary with friends like Ben & Jerry’s! The annual pumpkin giveaway benefitting Waterbury Area Food Shelf was once again a smashing success!
Weekend trail camp foots the bill for Waterbury Area Food Shelf
What do tattoo shops and food shelves have in common? Awesome people!
Waterbury Select Board begins diversity, equity, inclusion training
On Monday, June 21, all five members of the Waterbury Select Board, along with the town clerk and municipal manager met with Mary Gannon, Ed D., of Strategies for Growing Just & Diverse Organizations to undertake a training session concerning diversity, equity and inclusion.
Dani Kehlmann: ‘I will empower citizens’
My name is Dani Kehlmann, and I’m running for Waterbury Select Board because I believe we deserve a healthier and stronger community.
Pro Pig creates ‘meal tickets’ with Waterbury Area Food Shelf patrons
During the fall of 2020, Chef Zach Smejkal approached me with an incredibly generous idea. He planned to start a program at the Pro Pig Brewery wherein employees could donate a specific amount of their pay each month to a community pot.
LETTER: Food Shelf turkey donations fill pickups
In a year of change and uncertainty, one thing remains constant: the Waterbury community is unwavering in its generosity. The annual Rotary Club and Food Shelf Turkey Drive was a success by any standards, especially considering the challenges 2020 continues to throw our way.
Kehlmann: Striving for positive change
“When I read the Seven Days story about Waterbury Select Board Chair Chris Viens’ suggestion of a segregated police force in Vermont, I knew it was time to do something that felt big and scary. I reached out to Viens in a personal email, putting aside my belief that Viens should step back from his position as chair, and offered my point of view as a community member who hopes to educate others as compassionately as possible.”